“I read the article, and it is very interesting. A long time ago there were some babies that got sick from botulism and they blamed honey. That was reported everywhere and now it is believed by everybody to be fact.

The real truth is that honey is acidic and does not harbor the growth of bacteria of any sort, which is why it can be used as a wound dressing and burn dressing. They tested very many samples of honey from all over Canada and they were all free of spores except one sample and they figure it was contaminated after packaging somehow.

There are actually more spores in corn syrup and other foods (I forget which) and they use corn syrup in baby formulas all the time. It is one of those stories that everyone including the medical establishment believes, and it’s no use telling anyone the actual facts.

So, just to be safe, we have to tell people when they ask us at the Farmers Market, what the party line is, and then tell them what the honey industry found when they did more research. We wouldn’t want to be responsible.
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